A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

at the end of the day Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with A » at a tangent ... at the most » at the end of the day


day
noun days
    1a. The period of 24 hours called the solar day during which the Earth rotates once on its axis with respect to the Sun;
    1b. astron.1c. Any period of 24 hours, especially from midnight to midnight.
    2. The period of time from sunrise to sunset.
    3. The period of time in any 24 hours normally spent doing something, especially working. Compare working day.
    4. A particular period of time, usually in the past.
      Example: one's childhood days
      Example: It never happened in their day
      Thesaurus: era, epoch, time, period, age, generation.
      Form: day
      Form: days
    5. Time of recognition, success, influence, power, etc.
      Example: Their day will come
      Example: In his day he reigned supreme
Idiom: all in a day's work (all in the day's work)
    A normal or acceptable part of one's work or routine.
Idiom: at the end of the day
    When all is said and done.
Idiom: call it a day
    To leave off doing something; to announce a decision to do so.
      Thesaurus: finish, quit (working), end, stop, knock off (slang).
Idiom: day about
    On alternate days.
Idiom: day by day
    As each day passes.
      Thesaurus: gradually, steadily, progressively, little by little, slowly but surely.
Idiom: day in, day out
    Continuously and tediously without change.
      Thesaurus: consistently, steadily, regularly, daily, everyday.
Idiom: days of yore
Idiom: from day to day
    Concerned only with the present and not with any long-term plans.
Idiom: have had one's day
    To have passed the time of one's greatest success, influence, popularity, etc.
Idiom: in this day and age
    Nowadays; in modern times.
Idiom: make someone's day
    To satisfy or delight them.
Idiom: one day (one of these days, one of these fine days)
    At some time in the future.
Idiom: one of those days
    A day of difficulties or misfortunes.
Idiom: that will be the day
    colloq
    That is unlikely to happen.
Idiom: those were the days
    That was a good or happy time.
Idiom: win the day (carry the day)
    To win a victory.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon dæg.




end
noun
    1. The point or part farthest from the beginning, or either of the points or parts farthest from the middle, where something stops.
    2. A finish or conclusion.
      Thesaurus: conclusion, outcome, result, resolution, upshot, consequence, effect, pay-off, expiration, completion, termination, adjournment, close, denouement, finish, finis, finale; Antonym: beginning, opening, start.
    3. colloq
      The last straw; the limit.
      Form: the end
    4. A piece left over.
      Example: a cigarette end
    5. Death or destruction.
      Example: meet one's end
    6. An object or purpose.
      Example: The end justifies the means
      Thesaurus: purpose, goal, aim, objective, object, intention, reason, aspiration.
    7. sport.
      One of the two halves of a pitch or court defended by a team or player, etc.
    8. The part of a project, etc for which one is responsible.
      Example: had a few problems at their end
verb, tr & intr ended, ending
    1. To finish or cause something to finish.
      Thesaurus: finish, stop, quit, close, halt, conclude, discontinue, cease, abort, drop, call it a day; Antonym: begin, start.
    intr
    2. To reach a conclusion or cease to exist.
Derivative: ended
    Brought to an end.
    Note: in compounds
    Having ends of a specified kind.
Idiom: at a loose end
    With nothing to do.
Idiom: at an end
    Terminated, discontinued or exhausted.
Idiom: at the end of one's tether
    Exasperated; at the limit of one's endurance.
Idiom: at the end of the day
    colloq
    When everything has been taken into account.
Idiom: be the end of someone
    colloq
    To bring about their death.
Idiom: end it all
    colloq
    To kill oneself.
Idiom: end of story
    colloq
    That's that.
Idiom: end on (end to end with ends touching.)
    With the end pointing towards one.
Idiom: get hold of the wrong end of the stick
    To misunderstand.
Idiom: get one's end away (have one's end away)
    slang
    To have sexual intercourse.
Idiom: in the end
    Finally; after much discussion or work, etc.
Idiom: keep one's end up (hold one's end up)
    colloq
    To fulfil one's promises or obligations in spite of difficulties.
Idiom: make ends meet
    To live within one's income and avoid debts.
      Thesaurus: survive, subsist, budget, estimate, manage.
Idiom: no end
    colloq
    Very much.
      Example: His visit pleased her no end
Idiom: no end of people (no end of things)
    Very many; a lot.
Idiom: on end
    Vertical; standing straight up.
    Continuously; without a pause.
Idiom: put an end to something
    To make it stop, usually completely and permanently.
Idiom: the end of the road
    The point beyond which one cannot continue or survive.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon ende.

Phrasal Verb: end up
    To arrive or find oneself eventually or finally.
      Example: We ended up in Manchester
    To finish.
Phrasal Verb: end up as something
    To become (a specified thing) finally.


Click Here